What do 'Vista Ready' Pc's Consist of?

PiKe · 9 Oct 2006 at 09:53

For the home builder, what componants would make a Vista Ready machine?

My idea is that the graphics card should be able to handle Aero and there should be at least 1gb of RAM, but what are the big name manufacturers putting inside their machines to get the 'Vista Ready' certification?

PiKe · 9 Oct 2006 at 10:21

Well what would people here consider to be the optimal hardware for vista?

PiKe · 9 Oct 2006 at 10:52

So from the GUI point of view, any graphics card with Pixel Shader 2.0 or greater will allow Aero to work?

PiKe · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:58

The $6m Dan said:
I'm seeing a lot info on the net that gaming performance is slower under vista compared to XP, as the 3D effects on the desktop is leaving less horsepower for the game.

That's a load of crap, gaming performance is down because drivers are immature.

PiKe · 9 Oct 2006 at 16:35

Because ATI and Nvidia don't want to spend the time on a platform that isn't mainstream yet.

The GPU does render the UI, but it won't be rendering it if it's not on the screen will it.

PiKe · 9 Oct 2006 at 16:46

BillytheImpaler said:
...I'm fairly certain that most anything that would need patching in Pro would also need patched in Home and Media Center.

Seeing as they are essentially the same core with features stripped.

Support will continue for years, look how long it took till they dropped support for 98.